auto-subscribing a user to any topic that they create

src/threadTools.js

@@ -170,21 +170,25 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		ThreadTools.isFollowing(tid, current_user, function(following) {
 			if (!following) {
 				RDB.sadd('tid:' + tid + ':followers', current_user, function(err, success) {
-					if (!err) {
+					if (callback) {
-						callback({
+						if (!err) {
-							status: 'ok',
+							callback({
-							follow: true
+								status: 'ok',
-						});
+								follow: true
-					} else callback({ status: 'error' });
+							});
+						} else callback({ status: 'error' });
+					}
 				});
 			} else {
 				RDB.srem('tid:' + tid + ':followers', current_user, function(err, success) {
-					if (!err) {
+					if (callback) {
-						callback({
+						if (!err) {
-							status: 'ok',
+							callback({
-							follow: false
+								status: 'ok',
-						});
+								follow: false
-					} else callback({ status: 'error' });
+							});
+						} else callback({ status: 'error' });
+					}
 				});
 			}
 		});

src/topics.js

@@ -353,6 +353,9 @@ marked.setOptions({
 					if (pid > 0) {
 						RDB.lpush(schema.topics(tid).posts, pid);
 
+						// Auto-subscribe the post creator to the newly created topic
+						threadTools.toggleFollow(tid, uid);
+
 						// Notify any users looking at the category that a new topic has arrived
 						Topics.get_topic(tid, uid, function(topicData) {
 							io.sockets.in('category_' + category_id).emit('event:new_topic', topicData);